List of paracetamol brand names

As of 2017 the brand was used in Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Lebanon, Myanmar, Oman, Philippines, Portugal, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam.

[2] Calpol is a brand of children's medicine sold in the UK, Ireland, India, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malta, Philippines and Turkey.

According to Haleon, Panadol is marketed in 85 countries,[9] including Australia,[10] Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium,[11] Brazil,[11] Bulgaria,[11] Chile,[11] Egypt, Finland,[11] France,[11] Greece,[11] Honduras, Hong Kong,[11] Indonesia,[11] Ireland,[11] Italy,[11] Kenya,[11] Korea,[11] Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Netherlands,[11] New Zealand,[12] Nigeria,[13] the Philippines,[11] Peru,[11] Puerto Rico,[9] Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa,[11] Sri Lanka, Switzerland,[11] Taiwan,[11] Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates,[11] the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Malta, Uruguay, North Korea[11] and Oman.

After it was first introduced only in clinics in 1953, Panadol started its commercial business in 1955 by Phillips, Scott & Turner, which was acquired by Frederick Stearns & Co, a subsidiary of Sterling Drug Inc.

[15] In 1988 Sterling Winthrop was acquired by Eastman Kodak which sold the worldwide over the counter drug business to SmithKline Beecham in 1994.

[16] Two weeks later, SmithKline Beecham sold the over-the-counter medication business in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico to Bayer for US$1 billion.

[24][25] Panadol Cold and Catarrh contains three active ingredients: paracetamol, phenylephrine hydrochloride as a nasal decongestant, and chlorpheniramine maleate to prevent certain allergies.